Stevie Johnson

Buffalo receiver Stevie Johnson has been able to experience the thrill of beating AFC East rival New England just once in the 10 times the two teams have played since he was drafted by the Bills in 2008. But have no fear, Bills fans. Johnson has come up with a solution to the team's woes against those pesky Patriots. Play better? Work harder? Find a quarterback? Nah. Just have the Patriots' entire home city of Foxborough, Mass., obliterated by nuke-crazy North Korea. Check out his tweet from Wednesday: War is nothing to be played with.

Stevie Johnson and the rest of the Buffalo Bills hadn't been in Jacksonville long Saturday when he received some devastating news. His 48-year-old mother - whose name, Rhonda, is tattooed in script across his right forearm - had died unexpectedly in Northern California. The sixth-year player had a long talk with Coach Doug Marrone and cornerback Ron Brooks that night before deciding the best thing to do for himself was to stay in Florida and play against the Jaguars the next day with the rest of his teammates.

Stevie Johnson and the rest of the Buffalo Bills hadn't been in Jacksonville long Saturday when he received some devastating news. His 48-year-old mother - whose name, Rhonda, is tattooed in script across his right forearm - had died unexpectedly in Northern California. The sixth-year player had a long talk with Coach Doug Marrone and cornerback Ron Brooks that night before deciding the best thing to do for himself was to stay in Florida and play against the Jaguars the next day with the rest of his teammates.

Buffalo receiver Stevie Johnson has been able to experience the thrill of beating AFC East rival New England just once in the 10 times the two teams have played since he was drafted by the Bills in 2008. But have no fear, Bills fans. Johnson has come up with a solution to the team's woes against those pesky Patriots. Play better? Work harder? Find a quarterback? Nah. Just have the Patriots' entire home city of Foxborough, Mass., obliterated by nuke-crazy North Korea. Check out his tweet from Wednesday: War is nothing to be played with.

Stevie Johnston finds himself where Shane Mosley was a year ago. "Waiting on a big pay day," Johnston said. The difference for the 5-foot-5 Johnston is that he's a true lightweight, incapable of moving beyond the division to land the major showdown that can propel the 27-year-old from Denver into the best pound-for-pound argument. "I just have to wait for my turn," said Johnston, the World Boxing Council lightweight champion.

The widow of professional wrestler Owen Hart has come to a settlement with World Wrestling Entertainment in her lawsuit over royalties and the use of her husband's image. Martha Hart announced the settlement Wednesday, and the WWE confirmed the news, although neither side revealed any details of the deal. The June 2010 lawsuit alleged that the WWE was not paying royalties to Hart's estate and was violating a contract that restricted the use of his name and likeness. Hart, 34, was a member of a family full of professional wrestlers, including his father, Stu, six brothers and four brothers-in-law.

Join us at 1 p.m. for a live discussion about the Kings and Ducks with Times columnist Helene Elliott and reporter Lisa Dillman. The reigning Stanley Cup champion Kings (20-13-3) currently are in sixth place in the Western Conference standings with 43 points. The resurgent Ducks (25-7-5) are in second place with 55 points, only two behind the conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks (27-5-3). The Kings play tonight against the Minnesota Wild, which is third in the West at 44 points, as well as back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers and Ducks, who will host the game at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

Robert Griffin III has had his share of magical moments throughout his NFL career -- all 12 games of it. Even when RG3 makes a mistake it can still turn into something positive for the Washington Redskins. Take a play from the first quarter of the Redskins' 17-16 win over the New York Giants on Monday night. The quarterback picked up 12 yards on a running play deep in Giants territory but had the ball stripped by Stevie Johnson on the way down. Normally that would be disastrous, a scoring opportunity down the drain.

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old from New Zealand who won a tournament on the LPGA Tour last year, is paired Thursday and Friday with 23-year-old Michelle Wie, who once contended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour's first major, when she was 13. Wie, whose dark ponytail is died red near the bottom, birdied the ninth hole and is one under par, same as Ko. Wie has made only one cut this season and earned a little over $6,000....

Stevie Johnston finds himself where Shane Mosley was a year ago. "Waiting on a big pay day," Johnston said. The difference for the 5-foot-5 Johnston is that he's a true lightweight, incapable of moving beyond the division to land the major showdown that can propel the 27-year-old from Denver into the best pound-for-pound argument. "I just have to wait for my turn," said Johnston, the World Boxing Council lightweight champion.

Less than two months after being charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend, sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been spotted on the track and could soon resume training. A picture of the double-amputee athlete, wearing his famed blades, appeared in the Thursday edition of the Afrikaans-language Beeld newspaper . Pistorius has denied intentionally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in the bathroom of his South African home on Valentine's Day, saying that he mistook her for an intruder.

UCLA extended Athletic Director Dan Guerrero's contract through 2019. Guerrero will receive $734,774 in base pay, with a 5% raise each year of the contract. He can also earn up to $105,000 in bonuses tied to academic and athletic achievements. Guerrero will also receive a $734,000 retention bonus if he remains at the university through April 1, 2018. The buyout in the package can be no less than one year's base pay. Guerrero is also owed a retention bonus of $750,000 from the contract he signed in 2008 and was to run through 2017.